Al Capone Quotes (18 Quotes)


    My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.


    These guys are not from the Iraqi army, ... These are not Iraqi soldiers. They are not members of any of the Iraqi armed forces.

    I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.

    I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor.


    Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can't afford to let it in...We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses we must see that his mind remains healthy.

    Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

    You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

    Now I know why tigers eat their young.

    Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.

    When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality.

    I have built my organization upon fear.

    This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you will, gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.

    I don't even know what street Canada is on.

    I have build my organization upon fear.

    You can get more with a nice word and a gun than you can with a nice word.

    Prohibition has made nothing but trouble.



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